MSG Built to destroy

[eduardoritos]

I'd knew about BTD because de live video concert for Rock will never Die, so I know the songs, not the album. They're some nice songs, with a super high class instrumental. Good playing Michael.


But, I'm (still) a die hard fan of Budokan. I'd learned to play almost litteraly thanks to that album (and UFO's SITN). I remember myself playing the whole doulble lp and playing along for 3 times in a row (and not only a time, but many times, way too much of what mommy could take) Poor mommy r.i.p.


So, I do measure MSG work comparing with ONAB. Dificult to pair.

[Seven Moons]

Dinosaur David B said:


Gary Barden lost his high voice after Budokan. Never came back. But I thought he did a great job on In the Midst of Beauty.


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Yes. I love what he did on that album. And songwise, it was easily my favorite Schenker release since 1983-1984. But AFAIC nothing can touch the first three studio albums, and One Night At Budokan.

[Dinosaur David B]

Captain Nemo is great, and Rock Will Never Die is an OK song with a great guitar solo. The rest of it I find forgettable.


Built to Destroy - a set of mostly forgettable songs with great guitar solos.

In the Midst of Beauty - a set of quite good songs with forgettable guitar solos -- and that's Schenker's fault.

[cvansickle]

To me, Built to Destroy was Schenker's attempt at radio airplay, especially in the US. After Assault Attack, the only thing this album might have destroyed was Def Leppard or Quiet Riot! I had the import version which opened with "Rock My Nights Away," and I was very disappointed that the US version reordered the songs, which made the album sound even more "poppy" than it was to begin with.

[Sancho]

I love it. No idea why it got such a bad rap. Great songs with killer hooks.

[Bent out of shape]

Re listened to deluxe version today. I liked DOW and Systems failing best. The others were better on Rock will never die.

[Haffner]

I realized I haven't owned a copy of BTD since 2004! I might just pick up the deluxe whaddevah someday. I guess I just love Rock Will Never Die so much (especially the expanded) that I never felt the need to own BTD.

I'm one of those impaired individuals whom never thought much of One Night At Budokan. I have bootlegs of him playing around that time which smoke that recording.

Most of the time I want something live from MSG in '81, I just throw on my Hamburg dvd boot. It's great, highly recommended. Probably on youtube somewhere.

[Dinosaur David B]

The Rockpalast stuff? Yeah that's great. I think some versions of those tunes are actually better on Budokan, though. Haven't really sought out the bootlegs. I used to do that back in college, but I got away from hunting down bootlegs out of laziness.

[Haffner]

Dinosaur David B said:


The Rockpalast stuff? Yeah that's great. I think some versions of those tunes are actually better on Budokan, though. Haven't really sought out the bootlegs. I used to do that back in college, but I got away from hunting down bootlegs out of laziness.


[/quote]I think you would have a very good day once you had it in your player. It's an excellent show, the classic Barden show to watch imo (though I most certainly still have and am often delighted by the MSG Anniversary video/Tokyo),

[Stitsel]

I'm with Duojett & Sancho, love it & there's some badass guitar playing on it....he was in a different groove rhythmically & those riffs fit the songs perfectly I thought, & the leads? Mad Mikey.....